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Righteous Kill

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Movie Info
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Director -
Jon Avnet -
Producer -
Avi Lerner , Jon Avnet , Randall Emmett , Lati Grobman , Alexandra Milchan -
Screenwriter -
Russell Gewirtz -
Distributor -
Overture Films -
Production Co -
Emmett/Furla Films , Millennium Films -
Rating -
R (Pervasive Language|Brief Drug Use|Some Sexuality|Violence) -
Genre -
Crime , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Sep 12, 2008, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 27, 2017 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$40.1M -
Runtime -
1h 40m